Doug, Mtn. View, CA's Comments RSS Syndication from SeekingAlpha.com http://seekingalpha.comuser/127761/comments http://seekingalpha.com/article/171439-apple-s-app-store-numbers-continue-to-amaze?source=feed#comment-749450 749450
Uh, no. There was never an App Store until the iPhone came along, and even then Apple had to be prodded to do it. Apple's initial idea of phone apps was web-based, which went over like a lead balloon. The App store was created for the iPhone, not the iPod. Only when the Touch followed the iPhone could you run an app on an iPod.

A lousy historical overview, to say the least.]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:06:06 -0500
Uh, no. There was never an App Store until the iPhone came along, and even then Apple had to be prodded to do it. Apple's initial idea of phone apps was web-based, which went over like a lead balloon. The App store was created for the iPhone, not the iPod. Only when the Touch followed the iPhone could you run an app on an iPod.

A lousy historical overview, to say the least.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/150512-four-reasons-to-avoid-apple?source=feed#comment-599789 599789 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:18:53 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/149712-apple-bars-palm-from-itunes-is-pre-a-threat?source=feed#comment-594576 594576 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:52:01 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/136917-taking-another-bite-of-apple?source=feed#comment-505852 505852
"I'm long Apple since 2004 and I want to see Apple make a name for itself in the corporate sector and not just some.. company that sells games for people on the run. Apple doesn't have a single product in the enterprise that can generate continuous sales and that's not good at all."

Then you'd better get out Apple. Jobs has made it very clear that Apple is a consumer electronics company, not an enterprise company. And that he's content to leave enterprise to Ballmer, et al. Enterprise Innovation is an oxymoron. Jobs is obsessed with innovation, in case you haven't noticed. So get out of Apple stock now while you can and plow your proceeds into MSFT, where you'll be in enterprise heaven. Apple will continue to slog along in the consumer market and continue to make their billions there, much to your continued consternation. Or haven't you noticed that either?

Long on the stock since 2004, and you don't know a thing about Apple?

P.S.: Apple makes nothing on the Apps Store. Their billions must come from somewhere else, which you no doubt missed in the last five years.]]> Fri, 15 May 2009 16:43:34 -0400
"I'm long Apple since 2004 and I want to see Apple make a name for itself in the corporate sector and not just some.. company that sells games for people on the run. Apple doesn't have a single product in the enterprise that can generate continuous sales and that's not good at all."

Then you'd better get out Apple. Jobs has made it very clear that Apple is a consumer electronics company, not an enterprise company. And that he's content to leave enterprise to Ballmer, et al. Enterprise Innovation is an oxymoron. Jobs is obsessed with innovation, in case you haven't noticed. So get out of Apple stock now while you can and plow your proceeds into MSFT, where you'll be in enterprise heaven. Apple will continue to slog along in the consumer market and continue to make their billions there, much to your continued consternation. Or haven't you noticed that either?

Long on the stock since 2004, and you don't know a thing about Apple?

P.S.: Apple makes nothing on the Apps Store. Their billions must come from somewhere else, which you no doubt missed in the last five years.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/137648-microsoft-may-be-able-to-halt-apple-s-music-monopoly?source=feed#comment-505418 505418

On May 14 03:14 PM jack dee wrote:

> I will restate,
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> The $15 dollar sub covers 3 USERS on 3 Zunes using 3 machines.
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> That is millions of songs for $5 per user...... do the mathes kids,
> MSFT is giving you much much more for much much less.]]> Fri, 15 May 2009 12:23:26 -0400

On May 14 03:14 PM jack dee wrote:

> I will restate,
>
> The $15 dollar sub covers 3 USERS on 3 Zunes using 3 machines.
>
>
> That is millions of songs for $5 per user...... do the mathes kids,
> MSFT is giving you much much more for much much less.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/135395-doj-uses-google-to-send-a-message?source=feed#comment-490714 490714 Tue, 05 May 2009 15:03:17 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/130029-itunes-inevitable-price-increase?source=feed#comment-456437 456437 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:51:08 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/118993-canaccord-three-new-iphones-expected-in-2009?source=feed#comment-378882 378882
Not to mention timing. Apple has been consistent in the last few years: iPhones in June. iPods in September. (Macs .... whenever.) Why would Apple depart from their enormously successful rollout strategy? Hint: any cell phone makes a lousy Christmas present for most people --- it comes with monthly payments.

And why? Why would Apple introduce these products, as described? What separates each from the others? Steve Jobs has ALWAYS offered a sparse product line to avoid customer confusion. Now he gets the hair up his butt to flood the market with 3 phone models that all do pretty much the same thing and with features that break his App Store business model? How stupid are you?

This speculation is perhaps the dumbest I have read in the past 12 months.]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:27:14 -0500
Not to mention timing. Apple has been consistent in the last few years: iPhones in June. iPods in September. (Macs .... whenever.) Why would Apple depart from their enormously successful rollout strategy? Hint: any cell phone makes a lousy Christmas present for most people --- it comes with monthly payments.

And why? Why would Apple introduce these products, as described? What separates each from the others? Steve Jobs has ALWAYS offered a sparse product line to avoid customer confusion. Now he gets the hair up his butt to flood the market with 3 phone models that all do pretty much the same thing and with features that break his App Store business model? How stupid are you?

This speculation is perhaps the dumbest I have read in the past 12 months.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/116004-feet-to-the-fire-how-analysts-missed-on-apple-iphone-shipments?source=feed#comment-363647 363647
The ANALysts remind me of Hamas: they shoot rockets into Israel, then get hammered and beg for a cease-fire. A couple of months later, they shoot rockets into Israel again, but expect different results. On and on it goes.

In a similar vein: Apple releases products at what are obviously regular intervals. June for phones, September for iPods. Yet here we have another ignorant ANALyst wondering why Apple is off of HIS calendar, not meeting HIS schedule. Time and time again, Apple has proven that it has a superior understanding of when to release products --- the results speak for themselves. But the ANALysts? They know better! Why, if only Apple would listen to them, Apple's sales would easily double!

Morons. They're all morons. ]]> Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:46:11 -0500
The ANALysts remind me of Hamas: they shoot rockets into Israel, then get hammered and beg for a cease-fire. A couple of months later, they shoot rockets into Israel again, but expect different results. On and on it goes.

In a similar vein: Apple releases products at what are obviously regular intervals. June for phones, September for iPods. Yet here we have another ignorant ANALyst wondering why Apple is off of HIS calendar, not meeting HIS schedule. Time and time again, Apple has proven that it has a superior understanding of when to release products --- the results speak for themselves. But the ANALysts? They know better! Why, if only Apple would listen to them, Apple's sales would easily double!

Morons. They're all morons. ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/116004-feet-to-the-fire-how-analysts-missed-on-apple-iphone-shipments?source=feed#comment-363492 363492 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:09:47 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/115781-apple-warns-iphone-competitors-don-t-rip-us-off?source=feed#comment-362611 362611
Yes, you are missing something. Exactly who are you saying Apple ripped off?

You have your open OS in Android. How's that going, especially in comparison to iPhone sales? If you're so damned smart, and YOU innovate, then someone rips you off, what are you going to do? If you were getting ripped off, as Apple clearly is, how exactly would you propose to defend your inventions?

On one hand you say that Apple is not innovative, then you admit they ARE bold and innovative. Which is it?

And in case you haven't noticed in the 32 years of its existence, Apple NEVER did anything "open" which they would later "close off." Do you know something that I don't?

Who, pray tell, beat them with an open architecture, as you state? You're not saying the "M-word," are you? MSFT is open? LMAOROF.

Yes, Apple got lazy in the 90s and damn near went belly up. But in 1997, this guy named Steve Jobs (maybe you heard about him --- he's been in the papers a lot) took the helm at Apple again. Give me an example of the Jobs-era Apple getting lazy. Just one. I'm dying to hear your response.

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Yes, you are missing something. Exactly who are you saying Apple ripped off?

You have your open OS in Android. How's that going, especially in comparison to iPhone sales? If you're so damned smart, and YOU innovate, then someone rips you off, what are you going to do? If you were getting ripped off, as Apple clearly is, how exactly would you propose to defend your inventions?

On one hand you say that Apple is not innovative, then you admit they ARE bold and innovative. Which is it?

And in case you haven't noticed in the 32 years of its existence, Apple NEVER did anything "open" which they would later "close off." Do you know something that I don't?

Who, pray tell, beat them with an open architecture, as you state? You're not saying the "M-word," are you? MSFT is open? LMAOROF.

Yes, Apple got lazy in the 90s and damn near went belly up. But in 1997, this guy named Steve Jobs (maybe you heard about him --- he's been in the papers a lot) took the helm at Apple again. Give me an example of the Jobs-era Apple getting lazy. Just one. I'm dying to hear your response.

]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/115701-earnings-preview-apple?source=feed#comment-362150 362150
OS 10.5 is not stable? And you have to wait forever for updates? What planet are you from? OS 10.5.0 came out in October, and now we're at 10.5.6 --- that's 7 updates in 4 months, since you probably can't count, either. Care to compare this to the number of Vista service pack upgrades in its 2 year existence?

Just because nothing was introduced at MW doesn't mean that Apple is holding still. You no doubt don't know this either, but it takes at least a year to create and release a product, so Jobs' withdrawl two weeks ago hardly had anything to do with the dearth of new product releases at MW.

I don't know what you do, but here's hoping you don't guide other people's market decisions. You sound better suited for selling shoes.]]> Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:03:12 -0500
OS 10.5 is not stable? And you have to wait forever for updates? What planet are you from? OS 10.5.0 came out in October, and now we're at 10.5.6 --- that's 7 updates in 4 months, since you probably can't count, either. Care to compare this to the number of Vista service pack upgrades in its 2 year existence?

Just because nothing was introduced at MW doesn't mean that Apple is holding still. You no doubt don't know this either, but it takes at least a year to create and release a product, so Jobs' withdrawl two weeks ago hardly had anything to do with the dearth of new product releases at MW.

I don't know what you do, but here's hoping you don't guide other people's market decisions. You sound better suited for selling shoes.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/111276-apple-and-macworld-the-end-of-an-era-or-two?source=feed#comment-332385 332385 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:37:36 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/100805-apple-earnings-what-to-expect-and-who-not-to-believe?source=feed#comment-287099 287099 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:49:28 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/100729-apple-microsoft-ad-wars-heat-up-again?source=feed#comment-286621 286621
What better way to acknowledge this than the annoying TV commercial from FinallyFast.com, a utility to "speed up PCs that have slowed down." The first two machines they show in the ad? An iMac and a G4 iBook! Later on we see the iMac's white keyboard, then we finally see a "fixed and now faster PC" on the iMac's screen. Redmond, we have a problem: www.youtube.com/watch?...]]> Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:17:27 -0400
What better way to acknowledge this than the annoying TV commercial from FinallyFast.com, a utility to "speed up PCs that have slowed down." The first two machines they show in the ad? An iMac and a G4 iBook! Later on we see the iMac's white keyboard, then we finally see a "fixed and now faster PC" on the iMac's screen. Redmond, we have a problem: www.youtube.com/watch?...]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/100310-nokia-profit-down-while-aiming-at-apple?source=feed#comment-284714 284714
My prediction: doomed to go down in flames, like all others.]]> Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:52:45 -0400
My prediction: doomed to go down in flames, like all others.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/92902-no-leadership-from-apple-right-now?source=feed#comment-240344 240344
I work for Apple because I love the products and I love how we make 'em. You would have others wrongly believe that we're not a proud group. You think we don't care about what we make?

Your mindless, sweeping generalizations are breath taking.

P.S.: it's "hearsay," not "heresay". Your command of the language is as good as your Apple knowledge.
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I work for Apple because I love the products and I love how we make 'em. You would have others wrongly believe that we're not a proud group. You think we don't care about what we make?

Your mindless, sweeping generalizations are breath taking.

P.S.: it's "hearsay," not "heresay". Your command of the language is as good as your Apple knowledge.
[comment edited for abusive language; commenter put on watch]]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/92507-apple-s-problems-bad-to-the-core?source=feed#comment-239007 239007
This weekend I saw a Toyota Camry on the side of the road and it was on fire. Hey, one Toyota on fire and ALL Toyota owners are at mortal risk, right? Does this mean that Toyota has lost its way? Apparently it does in Shelly's World. Tin hat, anyone?

Yes, one class action lawsuit proves that Apple has a major problem. Gee, an ambulance-chasing profession (lawyers) that might be a tad tempted by a $20 billion cash pool. I would never have thought it. Particularly when the idiot customer filing the suit had 30 days to return the product, no questions asked. (This isn't a relative, is it? The IQ-resemblance is remarkable.)

I am willing to concede that Apple may be releasing products before they are ready for prime time. However, Apple has proven time and again that while there may be initial-release issues, they DO get it fixed in short order. Example: OSX 10.5.0 was buggy when released on 10/26/07 --- some could not even install it. 10.5.1 was released 3 weeks later, but it was still buggy. Those disenchanted with Leopard, at this stage, simply stuck with Tiger (10.4.x). With 10.5.2 on February 11, Apple got it right, fixing most of the major annoyances with the original release. Since then we've gotten 10.5.3 on 5/28, 10.5.4 on 6/30, and 10.5.5 on 8/19. Five major updates (and one more rumored on the way in a bit) to the major release, all in the course of 10 months. Result: Leopard is now a magnificent OS and is finally all that it was touted to be. It was quite good and acceptable with 10.5.2 and has only gotten better since. I find Apple's update pace to be exceptionally good. How many updates has Vista had in its 21 month existence? I count one. (But gee, Vista works so well that it doesn't need any sort of update. And to prove it, why not launch a $300 million ad campaign to convince you of it?)

We see a similar level of support with Apple's iPhone firmware. Released on June 9, we are have the second update in the intervening 11 weeks. Yeah, Apple should not have released it when they did, but their record of updates already tells me that they're in the shop working on it. In Steve we trust.

Is there any wonder about the millions of hits for "iPhone brick" with the first iPhone when all but this foolish .... author? .... knows that a very small but very vocal group of hackers made a very public attempt to jail break their phones? And broke them in the process (aka "bricked them")? Two million iPhones were bricked? Because of this gang of software vandals, Apple was "unprepared" to release the original iPhone? Are you really that dumb, Shelly?

(Incidentally, if you do a quick Google search for "Shelly Palmer idiot" you get 13,000 hits. If it's of any consequence, "Shelly Palmer moron" only returns 4,350 hits. I guess you're more of an idiot than a moron.)

And of course, my favorite: "security flaws." That always gets a headline, doesn't it? Care to name just one Mac user whose machine was corrupted by such a flaw, Shelly? Just ONE. I don't want some purported hole where if one group of security experts did this and then got me to go to this page on that browser using that guy's 3rd party driver, all at a conference specifically convened to attempt to do this task (they couldn't do it, I should add). Just one "John Smith from Scranton, PA" who has had his Mac violated .... oh, I dunno .... in the last five years. Come on, Shelly, the list must be HUGE .... you can name just one guy, can't you? (Crickets chirping.)

Yes, millions of happy, loyal Mac customers (fanatics, actually) and exponentially growing daily. How can markets speak so loudly but not hear your learned pleas, Shelly? Frankly, I'm surprised that your iTunes playlist got Donnie Osmond mixed in with your Milli Vanilli standards.

I've seen a lot of remarkably bad blogs in the last year, but this one takes the cake as the worst of the worst. After reading your bio fluff piece, if I could name my response it would be "National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences: President's Upstairs Office Vacant."]]> Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:23:22 -0400
This weekend I saw a Toyota Camry on the side of the road and it was on fire. Hey, one Toyota on fire and ALL Toyota owners are at mortal risk, right? Does this mean that Toyota has lost its way? Apparently it does in Shelly's World. Tin hat, anyone?

Yes, one class action lawsuit proves that Apple has a major problem. Gee, an ambulance-chasing profession (lawyers) that might be a tad tempted by a $20 billion cash pool. I would never have thought it. Particularly when the idiot customer filing the suit had 30 days to return the product, no questions asked. (This isn't a relative, is it? The IQ-resemblance is remarkable.)

I am willing to concede that Apple may be releasing products before they are ready for prime time. However, Apple has proven time and again that while there may be initial-release issues, they DO get it fixed in short order. Example: OSX 10.5.0 was buggy when released on 10/26/07 --- some could not even install it. 10.5.1 was released 3 weeks later, but it was still buggy. Those disenchanted with Leopard, at this stage, simply stuck with Tiger (10.4.x). With 10.5.2 on February 11, Apple got it right, fixing most of the major annoyances with the original release. Since then we've gotten 10.5.3 on 5/28, 10.5.4 on 6/30, and 10.5.5 on 8/19. Five major updates (and one more rumored on the way in a bit) to the major release, all in the course of 10 months. Result: Leopard is now a magnificent OS and is finally all that it was touted to be. It was quite good and acceptable with 10.5.2 and has only gotten better since. I find Apple's update pace to be exceptionally good. How many updates has Vista had in its 21 month existence? I count one. (But gee, Vista works so well that it doesn't need any sort of update. And to prove it, why not launch a $300 million ad campaign to convince you of it?)

We see a similar level of support with Apple's iPhone firmware. Released on June 9, we are have the second update in the intervening 11 weeks. Yeah, Apple should not have released it when they did, but their record of updates already tells me that they're in the shop working on it. In Steve we trust.

Is there any wonder about the millions of hits for "iPhone brick" with the first iPhone when all but this foolish .... author? .... knows that a very small but very vocal group of hackers made a very public attempt to jail break their phones? And broke them in the process (aka "bricked them")? Two million iPhones were bricked? Because of this gang of software vandals, Apple was "unprepared" to release the original iPhone? Are you really that dumb, Shelly?

(Incidentally, if you do a quick Google search for "Shelly Palmer idiot" you get 13,000 hits. If it's of any consequence, "Shelly Palmer moron" only returns 4,350 hits. I guess you're more of an idiot than a moron.)

And of course, my favorite: "security flaws." That always gets a headline, doesn't it? Care to name just one Mac user whose machine was corrupted by such a flaw, Shelly? Just ONE. I don't want some purported hole where if one group of security experts did this and then got me to go to this page on that browser using that guy's 3rd party driver, all at a conference specifically convened to attempt to do this task (they couldn't do it, I should add). Just one "John Smith from Scranton, PA" who has had his Mac violated .... oh, I dunno .... in the last five years. Come on, Shelly, the list must be HUGE .... you can name just one guy, can't you? (Crickets chirping.)

Yes, millions of happy, loyal Mac customers (fanatics, actually) and exponentially growing daily. How can markets speak so loudly but not hear your learned pleas, Shelly? Frankly, I'm surprised that your iTunes playlist got Donnie Osmond mixed in with your Milli Vanilli standards.

I've seen a lot of remarkably bad blogs in the last year, but this one takes the cake as the worst of the worst. After reading your bio fluff piece, if I could name my response it would be "National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences: President's Upstairs Office Vacant."]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/92336-apple-will-iron-out-the-wrinkles-or-the-irony?source=feed#comment-238146 238146
The phone is another example of fast response. Jobs is absolutely driven and will not accept anything less than full quality and functionality. I'll wager that inside Cupertino headquarters, there are war rooms set up all around his office to address all of the iPhone issues. Not because he HAS to fix problems, but because he WANTS to fix the problems. "In Steve I trust."

Compare and contrast this to Microsoft. They (MSFT) have now launched a new $300 million campaign to promote Vista. Rather than correct their many problems, their response is to try to convince you that the problems their customers have encountered are all in their heads, that the software is just fine as is. Ballmer calls this "fighting back." Ha! Steve Jobs recognizes when his products are less than ideal, admits it, and corrects it (MobileMe, for instance, is a work in progress). My prediction is that in 6 months time, all of this 3G phone and MobileMe trouble will be ancient history and long forgotten.

If Apple is guilty of any sin, it's probably that they are under too much pressure to release a product too soon. Part of that is Jobs' responsibility (schedules are schedules) while the rest of it is public pressure. Let's not forget who was clamoring the loudest for 3G iPhones only 3 months ago despite Jobs' admonition at the 2G introduction that 3G phones are power hogs.

I'll trust Apple any day over Microsoft.]]> Mon, 25 Aug 2008 02:07:52 -0400
The phone is another example of fast response. Jobs is absolutely driven and will not accept anything less than full quality and functionality. I'll wager that inside Cupertino headquarters, there are war rooms set up all around his office to address all of the iPhone issues. Not because he HAS to fix problems, but because he WANTS to fix the problems. "In Steve I trust."

Compare and contrast this to Microsoft. They (MSFT) have now launched a new $300 million campaign to promote Vista. Rather than correct their many problems, their response is to try to convince you that the problems their customers have encountered are all in their heads, that the software is just fine as is. Ballmer calls this "fighting back." Ha! Steve Jobs recognizes when his products are less than ideal, admits it, and corrects it (MobileMe, for instance, is a work in progress). My prediction is that in 6 months time, all of this 3G phone and MobileMe trouble will be ancient history and long forgotten.

If Apple is guilty of any sin, it's probably that they are under too much pressure to release a product too soon. Part of that is Jobs' responsibility (schedules are schedules) while the rest of it is public pressure. Let's not forget who was clamoring the loudest for 3G iPhones only 3 months ago despite Jobs' admonition at the 2G introduction that 3G phones are power hogs.

I'll trust Apple any day over Microsoft.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/92218-is-iphone-heading-to-russia?source=feed#comment-236733 236733 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:11:17 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/89981-microsoft-gets-the-blogging-community?source=feed#comment-226263 226263 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:37:57 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/89448-research-in-motion-s-3g-counteroffensive-the-smartphone-arms-race-escalates?source=feed#comment-224336 224336 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:11:07 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/89242-with-mobileme-apple-bites-off-more-than-it-can-chew?source=feed#comment-223553 223553 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:07:06 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/87351-apple-s-3g-iphone-has-some-kinks-to-resolve?source=feed#comment-216908 216908 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:40:32 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/81590-3g-iphone-impact-on-at-t-and-verizon?source=feed#comment-187162 187162
Sorry, but I don't trust you, User 191984. Your analytic skills are blinded by price tags, as BS Detector has pointed out. Those who see Apple products as just hardware don't understand the Apple phenomenon, much less its customers. It's the overall experience that people purchase, which includes not just the hardware but also the software and the ease of use. The REAL ease of use, not some silly advertising bullet point that all hardware manufacturers claim. Apple's claims are the real deal.

For instance, I gladly pay twice as much for an Apple CPU because my time is worth money to me. LOTS of money. You look at a CPU purchase as a one-time investment; I see it as a long-term investment. You spend hours monthly, maintaining your cheapo Asian PC clone in an effort to thwart viruses, as if your time is worth nothing. I, on the other hand, have NEVER had to concern myself over such nonsense. Instead, I can spend my time doing my work rather than trying to keep this electronic "tool" oiled, greased, dustfree, and out of the sun.

So go ahead and buy your cheap junk hardware. I'm sure you'll be delighted with it. But Apple customers think on a different plane than you do.]]> Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:13:04 -0400
Sorry, but I don't trust you, User 191984. Your analytic skills are blinded by price tags, as BS Detector has pointed out. Those who see Apple products as just hardware don't understand the Apple phenomenon, much less its customers. It's the overall experience that people purchase, which includes not just the hardware but also the software and the ease of use. The REAL ease of use, not some silly advertising bullet point that all hardware manufacturers claim. Apple's claims are the real deal.

For instance, I gladly pay twice as much for an Apple CPU because my time is worth money to me. LOTS of money. You look at a CPU purchase as a one-time investment; I see it as a long-term investment. You spend hours monthly, maintaining your cheapo Asian PC clone in an effort to thwart viruses, as if your time is worth nothing. I, on the other hand, have NEVER had to concern myself over such nonsense. Instead, I can spend my time doing my work rather than trying to keep this electronic "tool" oiled, greased, dustfree, and out of the sun.

So go ahead and buy your cheap junk hardware. I'm sure you'll be delighted with it. But Apple customers think on a different plane than you do.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/81109-1-2-billion-in-iphone-apps-not-likely?source=feed#comment-184360 184360
I'm not saying that there is a Visi-Calc for iPhone in the wings, or that one will ever be there. Only that one never knows what sort of clever and useful applications will be offered by the thousands of developers who have signed up to write for the iPhone.

I'm especially skeptical of any journalist's ability to see into the future.]]> Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:52:13 -0400
I'm not saying that there is a Visi-Calc for iPhone in the wings, or that one will ever be there. Only that one never knows what sort of clever and useful applications will be offered by the thousands of developers who have signed up to write for the iPhone.

I'm especially skeptical of any journalist's ability to see into the future.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/79687-which-is-the-better-investment-apple-or-research-in-motion?source=feed#comment-178113 178113 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:01:57 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/76115-apple-links-higher-sales-with-higher-prices?source=feed#comment-163540 163540 Wed, 07 May 2008 13:48:19 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/61403-google-s-page-brin-and-brilliant-on-clean-energy-from-davos-08?source=feed#comment-120310 120310
I love conferences like these. Ultra-rich, ultra-liberal guys sitting around, passing ideas as easy as passing gas, as if they know HOW to make any of this happen. They remind me of Stan Laurel's description of Laurel and Hardy: "two minds without a single thought." Ten cents per kilowatt hour using some pie-in-the-sky generator? Sure! What's the big deal? "I'll just take this Picasso painting off of my wall, auction it, and we'll start building that windmill farm over yonder, in the middle of your little useless subsistence farm. Outta my way, plebe!"

This nonsense would be laughable except for the fact that if/when these clowns get put in charge of policy, which could easily happen, millions of impoverished people on this planet are going to get killed. But it's okay to kill people if your intentions are good.

There is only one certainty about this: these idiots will never be affected by their policies like we mere mortals will be.]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:01:24 -0500
I love conferences like these. Ultra-rich, ultra-liberal guys sitting around, passing ideas as easy as passing gas, as if they know HOW to make any of this happen. They remind me of Stan Laurel's description of Laurel and Hardy: "two minds without a single thought." Ten cents per kilowatt hour using some pie-in-the-sky generator? Sure! What's the big deal? "I'll just take this Picasso painting off of my wall, auction it, and we'll start building that windmill farm over yonder, in the middle of your little useless subsistence farm. Outta my way, plebe!"

This nonsense would be laughable except for the fact that if/when these clowns get put in charge of policy, which could easily happen, millions of impoverished people on this planet are going to get killed. But it's okay to kill people if your intentions are good.

There is only one certainty about this: these idiots will never be affected by their policies like we mere mortals will be.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/64990-apple-rumors-keep-on-coming-but-numbers-will-surprise?source=feed#comment-117484 117484 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:21:30 -0500